Founded in 1985 by former ballerina Joysanne Sidimus, the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) is a Canadian charity that provides counselling and retraining grants to dancers making career transitions. In 2006, Joysanne Sidimus was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, in part due to her work establishing the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.Karen Kain

Karen Kain

Karen Alexandria Kain, CC is a retired Canadian ballet dancer, and currently the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada.-Early Training:...

 was the founding Board President of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.

The Dancer Transition Resource Centre is a member of the International Organization for the Transition of Professional Dancers(IOTPD). Other organizations in the IOTPD include: Career Transition For Dancers

Career Transition For Dancers

Career Transition For Dancers is a nonprofit organization with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago dedicated to helping dancers establish new careers when they have retired from their performing careers...

(US), The Dancers' Career Development (UK), Association Suisse Pour la Reconversion des Danseurs Professionnels (Switzerland).